Rise in children’s allowance payments made to children living in Europe

Over a third of payments related to children in the Britain, but benefit was also paid for 1,612 children in Poland and 1,332 in Romania.

There has been a sharp rise in the number of children’s allowance payments being made by the Irish state for children living in other countries around Europe.

New figures from the Department of Social Protection show that child benefit was paid last year for more than 6,700 children that were not resident in Ireland.